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  1. Same Rights for Severina (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1996 hire: £2.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) 1996 sale: £7.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at human rights - the rights of all people to a home, health and education. Focuses on the story of a woman and her family in Brazil.

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  2. Tigrero (1994)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 75 minutes), £14.99

    Sometime in the 1950s legendary Hollywood character Samuel Fuller, who directed Naked Kiss, Shock Corridor journeyed deep into the heart of Brazil to research a film for notorious studio boss Darryl F...

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  3. 12 Days to Save the World (1993 Video)

    Director
    Frank Stapleton
    Producer
    Catherine Tiernan
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Economist Marcus Arruda analyses the UN Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. The Cuban president Fidel Castro warned that man is in danger of disappearing because of the fast and progressive...

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  4. Amji-Kin: The Run of the World (1993 Video)

    Director
    Jürgen Dieckert; Jakob Mehringer; Oldenburg; Regen
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 42 min., 1995 sale: DM130 (+p&p)

    Among the Canela Indians of north-east Brazil, log races for men and women are an almost daily sporting activity, strongly connected with their mythology and ritual life. Introduces Canela culture and then...

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  5. Cheap Energy for Tomorrow Today (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 2000 sale: US$25.00 (VHS PAL)

    Discusses the potential of biomass as a renewable energy source. Describes the importance of fuel-efficient wood stoves in Kenya to complement the development of agro-forestry as a sustainable source of...

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  6. Dreams from the Forest (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Dreams, myths and rituals are an essential part of life for the Mehinacu, one of the several Indian groups living in the Xingu Reserve in central Brazil. But since the white man discovered them nearly 50...

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  7. In Search of Identity (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Tells the story of some of the immigrants to Sao Paulo who are actively contributing to the development of their adopted city. Many fear that the world is heading inexorably toward one dominant culture, but...

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  8. Out of Development? (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Brazil is rapidly becoming an industrial powr. Although its gross domestic product makes it the eighth most powerful economy in the world, two thirds of its people live below the poverty line, receiving only...

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  9. Thirsty Cities (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Seaton Findlay
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Latin America is home to some of the world’s largest megacities: in Mexico City (21m), Buenos Aires (12m) and San Paulo (18m) more than 300 immigrants arrive each week from the countryside in search of a...

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  10. Life and Debt (1992 Video)

    Director
    Octavio Bezerra
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 47 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Examines the links betwen Brazil’s debt, the devastation of its rain forest and the kiling of street children in Rio de Janeiro.

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